Senior Database Administrator at Abtran
Cork, County Cork, Ireland -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Aug, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 May, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Microsoft Sql Server, Pipelines, Tuning, Root Cause, Normalization, Testing, Soft Skills

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Abtran is a leading provider of Customer Experience and Business Process Outsourcing solutions. As part of our transformation journey to become a cloud-first organization, we are seeking a hands-on and forward-thinking Cloud & Data Integration Engineer to join our Engineering Team.

Technical Skills Required:

  • 5+ years’ experience with Microsoft SQL Server
  • Experience with:
  • Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob/Queue storage, Key Vault
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse (nice to have), Logic Apps, APIs
  • Dataverse & Power Platform integrations
  • ETL design, testing, and performance tuning
  • Backup/restore operations, performance profiling, and indexing strategies
  • Data architecture best practices (normalization, partitioning, sharding, etc.

Experience with the following is an advantage:

  • Experience with API-based data movement (REST/OData/JSON)
  • Implementing backup and data purging solutions in line with data retention policies
  • Encrypting and protecting PII data and card data to comply with GDPR & PCI DSS
  • Experience designing and supporting multi-tenant database architectures
  • Ability to field audit, security and data retention questions and furnish responses
  • Setting up and testing failover for HA and DR architectures
  • Azure Cloud Platform experience
  • Azure Dev Ops – Source Control (TFS/Git), Build and Release Pipelines
  • PAAS and IAAS offerings – App Services, Azure SQL DB, VM Scale Sets
  • Any experience with document based or non-sql database

Soft Skills

  • A keen eye for detail, establishing high standards and consistency of execution
  • Independently analyze, identify root cause, solve and correct issues: providing problem resolution end-to-end
  • Ability to share domain and technical expertise and communicate clearly
  • Good communicator both written and oral.
  • Good team player, who thinks strategically
  • Understands and promotes the value of DevOps mindse
Responsibilities

ROLE SUMMARY:

This role combines traditional DBA responsibilities with modern cloud-based data engineering practices. You’ll manage legacy on-premise SQL Server databases while driving innovation through Azure services, Power Platform integration, and data transformation pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF). This is a hybrid role suited for someone who can support operational database integrity while enabling modern, scalable data flows across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Database Administration:
  • Manage over 50 on-premise and cloud-based SQL Server databases in production and non-production environments.
  • Ensure availability, performance, and security of databases and execute backup/recovery strategies.
  • Cloud & Platform Integration:
  • Lead data migration initiatives from legacy systems into Azure SQL, Dataverse, and other cloud-native platforms.
  • Implement data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Logic Apps, or custom integrations.
  • Data Engineering & Dev Work:
  • Design and implement data transformation logic, complex queries, and REST/API-based data movement.
  • Support Power Platform data ingestion workflows and contribute to Power BI datasets where applicable.
  • Security & Compliance:
  • Implement encryption, secure PII/cardholder data, and ensure GDPR/PCI DSS compliance.
  • Maintain documentation and audit trails for data lineage, data protection, and retention.
  • DevOps & CI/CD:
  • Collaborate with Engineering to build database release pipelines and promote Infrastructure-as-Code practices via Azure DevOps (Git, Pipelines).
  • Participate in HA/DR testing and architecture validation.

Technical Skills Required:

  • 5+ years’ experience with Microsoft SQL Server
  • Experience with:
  • Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob/Queue storage, Key Vault
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse (nice to have), Logic Apps, APIs
  • Dataverse & Power Platform integrations
  • ETL design, testing, and performance tuning
  • Backup/restore operations, performance profiling, and indexing strategies
  • Data architecture best practices (normalization, partitioning, sharding, etc.)

Experience with the following is an advantage:

  • Experience with API-based data movement (REST/OData/JSON)
  • Implementing backup and data purging solutions in line with data retention policies
  • Encrypting and protecting PII data and card data to comply with GDPR & PCI DSS
  • Experience designing and supporting multi-tenant database architectures
  • Ability to field audit, security and data retention questions and furnish responses
  • Setting up and testing failover for HA and DR architectures
  • Azure Cloud Platform experience
  • Azure Dev Ops – Source Control (TFS/Git), Build and Release Pipelines
  • PAAS and IAAS offerings – App Services, Azure SQL DB, VM Scale Sets
  • Any experience with document based or non-sql databases

Soft Skills

  • A keen eye for detail, establishing high standards and consistency of execution
  • Independently analyze, identify root cause, solve and correct issues: providing problem resolution end-to-end
  • Ability to share domain and technical expertise and communicate clearly
  • Good communicator both written and oral.
  • Good team player, who thinks strategically
  • Understands and promotes the value of DevOps mindset

WE’VE TOLD YOU WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR US, NOW LET US TELL YOU WHAT WE WILL DO FOR YOU:

At Abtran once you join us you become part of a team and part of an amazing community. We believe in nurturing and inspiring our people. We offer training on many different topics in professional development and personal development. Our Learning Management System has been recognized as the ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology’ in the HR Leadership & Management Awards. We believe in motivating our people to meet their goals and progress in their careers and are big on internal promotions. There are so many opportunities for progression and have had many success stories this year and in previous years.

Some other employee benefits include:

  • Wellbeing programme focused on our people’s health and wellness
  • Health Discount Programme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Pension Scheme
  • Employee Discounts
  • Life Cover
  • Development Programmes to support your progression
  • Refer a Friend Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Leap Card Tax Saver
  • Maternity Pay & Paternity Pay

We are proud of the community we have built; we work together in our day to day roles and also through employee initiatives such as our Charity Club, Sports & Social Committee, LGBT Society, and Abtran FC Soccer Team. Employee engagement is important at Abtran with events and activities happening throughout the year to make work fun. We believe in a good work-life balance but while you are here, we want to make it as enjoyable as possible.
We have parking on-site and our offices are serviced by regular buses. We have a canteen on site offering hot and cold breakfast and lunch options, pastries, sandwich counter, and salad bar. If you bring your own lunch, there are fridges and microwaves with the added extra of a barista on-site to fuel you for the workday.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW:

If you are hungry to succeed in a growing organisation, have the desired background we would like to hear from you now.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Abtran is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are committed to equality of opportunity and operate non-discriminatory practices in relation to access to employment, conditions of employment, access to training and experience, promotion and classification of posts. All employment decisions at Abtran are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community

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